Towel-rack.



x Ll fownL RACK. APPLwATloN mman 1130.22, 1911.

' l -,O38,984f,y Patented Sepu- 17.11912.

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.y 51450441507; Y Louis Smub @with 'tenis sesame, or .ennvsh, ccizennno.

hoesjes@ Patented Sept. N., im?.

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.bf all whem fic may concern? Y Be 1t linown that l, LOUIS Simens? a `e1tizen theUnited States, residing 'at Denver,

position for use;

in the county of Denver and Stat-e et' @old rado, haveinvented certain new and' nsetiil Improvements 4in Towel-Racks; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make 'and-usc'the saine.

rlhis invention relates to imiiroi'ements'in vtowel racks. One object of the invention is to provide ay towel rack having means whereby a supply -ot clean `,towels may be securely fastened thereto in such manner as to permit the same to be successively swung around into Another ob'ect is to provide a rack ofthis character having means whereby the towels hung thereon will be securely fastened or locked against removal from the rack.

Vith theseand other objects in view, the

invention. consists' of certain novel features 'of construction, land the combination and permit the towel tofbe applied to or 'removed from the rack. i

My improved towel rack comprises a pair of brackets l, which may be secured to a wall or Aother jsuit-ablesupportand tothe upper arms or members of which is. secured a towel lreceiving'plate 2 having itsonter and-inner edges bent downwardly at an angle to form supports for the towels hung thereon. The

' plate 2 is secured to the outer portions ot the of the plate as described.

upper bars of the bracket and is spaced a suiiicient'distance from the wall orl other support to which the brackets are secured to permit the towels to be readily reached and swung from theiner to the outer edge will be hereinafter more fully' In order to hold the to securely'fasten thesame to the rack, l

'towels in position and provide towel holding members comprising stads 5 secured in the plate 2 near' the ends thereotiand adjacent to the inner edge cit th same as shown. The upper ends-of .cs are reduced to form pins 4. In

the si the plate near the front or outer edge thereof and in iine with the studs 3 are ar?. iili'c/ 1d im heads or enlarged outer ends' and having a threaded engagement with the apertures in the plate as shown. Slidably engaged with' the-.bushings 5 are the .bail shaped outer secshings 5 preferably provided with tions 6 of the towel fastening members. The

inner ends oi.t the bail shaped members 6 are considerably shorter than the outer ends and in said inner .ends are formed sockets with which the pins 4 on thestuds 3 are engnged when the member-sare in operative position. 'llheflower ends-of the sections 6. es; :nd a suitable distance below the biishings with whichthey are engaged and inl lthe projecting .lower ends of Said sections vventsthis endot the bar from being p led are .termed slots S while on the extremities of the projecting ends are formed heads 9.

Adapted to be engaged with Vthe slots Sin the projecting ends lof the' sections 6 is a locking bar l0 having on one end a head or offset lug 'il which forms 'zf'stop and re through the slots 8. In the opposite end of the bar is termed a lock receivingaperture 152 with 'which is adapted' to be engaged a padlock i3 whereby the barglOfis' locked against removal. Then the bar 10 'is -engaged in the slots 8 the bail shaped sections 6' ot the towel, fastening members will be secnrely locked and the sockets 7 l in the shorter end thereof held in engagement with the pins i in which position the studs 3 and sections 6 will form practically continuous bail shaped bars or rods for receiving and holding the-v towels in engagement .with the rack.

ln using my improved rack any desired number ot towels are hung iipon the studs 3 after the members 6 have been lifted to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and in i'nll lines in Fig. il, said towels being provided with eyelets or holes to receive the, studs 3. After. the clean towels have thus been hung upon the studs the sections 6 are ldrawn down into engagement with the studs and said sections fastened and locked' in the marmer described. After thus securing the clean towels they may be successively swung around from thest-udsover theibail sha-'pe sections 4 to an operative posit-ion wh rein they will be` suspended from the rac -by the outer sections 6 of the holding members. In thus arranging the towelsI when one towel has becoinesoiled another may be quickly swung around vin position so that each4 su'ccessive personliaving occasion to use the towels may readily supply himself with a clean towel vby swinging one of the 'latter around Vsubstantial Connection between the over the bail shaped holding members from the rear tothe front side of the rack as will he readily understood.

By providing the heads' 9A on the lowerv yends of the sections 6, the latter are preand the adjacent parts ofv the towel sup` porting plate Q and also to relieve the edges:

or the openings in the plate from wear which;

vvwould occur from the 'movementot the sections 6 if they were engaged directly in theV epenings in the plat-e.'

'From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,y the construction and operation of the; invention will `be readily understood without re-j fquiring amore extended explanation.

Various changes in the forni, proportion and the minor details ot' construction may be resorted to Awithout departing from the principle or sacrificing any; of vthelladyan4 -tages of the invention as claimed.

AHaving thus described my invention, what l claim is:

A towel rack comprising tiet plate hav-I ing, its opposite longitudinal edges A bent downwardly to forni towel engaging ledges,

meansl for rigidlyy support-ing.the plate in a horizontal position, studs secured adjacent to one edge of the latter, the upp'er ends of which are reduced to form pins7 baile movably mounted upon the plate one end of which are provided with sockets to receive the pins of the studs, a locking bar slidably and detachably located in slots in the lower' ends of the 'bail adjacent the head thereof, whereby-whenthe-bar is withdrawn l from the slots the-bail can be elevated and turned' to exposethe pins of the studs, and means for holding the bar to prevent longitudinal movement thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS STRAUB.'

l/Vitnesses: l v

FRANK H. SPENCER, MICHAELA. SWEENEY. 

